East Meets West, a program of Thrive Networks

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East Meets West, a program of Thrive Networks East Meets West is an international NGO pioneering evidence-based programs in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), healthy cities, and resilient communities.

In the United States, we are known as Thrive Networks. East Meets Westโ€™s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of underserved communities in Southeast Asia by working in concert with the public and private sectors. We began in 1988 as East Meets West to help the people of Vietnam, where we continue to innovate today. In Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, we continue to operate under the name East Meets West. Our expertise is built on over 37 years of experience of designing, testing, and implementing cutting-edge, evidence-based programs in water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), economic empowerment, gender equity, healthy cities and resilient community development to serve underserved populations in Southeast Asia, using innovating financing and service delivery models. For more information, please visit: https://thrivenetworks.org/

In the United States, East Meets West Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is committed to accountability, transparency, and high ethical standards in all aspects of program implementation and governance.

โ™ฅ๏ธ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.๐ŸŽ’This season, weโ€™re grateful to see ...
09/03/2026

โ™ฅ๏ธ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.

๐ŸŽ’This season, weโ€™re grateful to see how small changes โ€” from clean drinking water and improved school facilities to healthy daily habits โ€” are making a meaningful difference in schools across , , and .

๐ŸคWe are deeply grateful to our donors and partners charity: water, Spellbrook Foundation, Global Development Group and to the schools, teachers, communities, and students who make these changes possible.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Support healthier, more resilient schools and help more children thrive: https://thrivenetworks.networkforgood.com/projects/52414-everyday-giving

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ“ข ๐–๐„โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† | ๐•๐€๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐˜ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) โ€“ Laos Office is looking for a:๐Ÿ’ง WASH Program A...
07/11/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ“ข ๐–๐„โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† | ๐•๐€๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐˜ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“

East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) โ€“ Laos Office is looking for a:
๐Ÿ’ง WASH Program Assistant
๐Ÿ“ Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
๐Ÿ•’ Full-time | Regular field travel required

The WASH Program Assistant will support EMWFโ€™s WASH programs by coordinating monthly data collection with water operators, maintaining accurate records in mWater, and assisting with reporting โ€” helping ensure data are complete, accurate, and submitted on time.

Interested candidates are invited to apply by submitting their application documents:
๐Ÿ“ฉ Email: [email protected]
๐Ÿ“Œ Subject: Application โ€“ WASH Program Assistant
๐Ÿ—“ Closing Date: 20 July 2026

Please scan the QR code in the attached image to access the full Terms of Reference (TOR) and detailed job requirements.

In case you are unable to scan the QR code in the image, please access the full Terms of Reference (TOR) and detailed job requirements via the link below: https://emw-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/phonesavanh_panthala_eastmeetswest_org/IQBcR8mt2u4WR5csBb0KXHisATSEGyYxAvL_g0xrvTpyi6w?e=3eEdXF

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ“ข THร”NG BรO TUYแป‚N Tฦฏ VแบคN ฤแบคU THแบฆUEast Meets West Foundation (EMWF - Tแป• chแปฉc ฤรดng...
06/18/2026

๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ“ข THร”NG BรO TUYแป‚N Tฦฏ VแบคN ฤแบคU THแบฆU

East Meets West Foundation (EMWF - Tแป• chแปฉc ฤรดng Tรขy Hแป™i Ngแป™) phแป‘i hแปฃp cรนng Hแป™i liรชn hiแป‡p phแปฅ nแปฏ tแป‰nh Phรบ Thแป thรดng bรกo tuyแปƒn ฤ‘ฦกn vแป‹ tฦฐ vแบฅn cรณ nฤƒng lแปฑc ฤ‘แปƒ hแป— trแปฃ thแปฑc hiแป‡n cรดng tรกc ฤ‘แบฅu thแบงu cho Dแปฑ รกn โ€œNฦฐแป›c sแบกch vร  vแป‡ sinh mรดi trฦฐแปng chแป‘ng chแป‹u vแป›i biแบฟn ฤ‘แป•i khรญ hแบญu do phแปฅ nแปฏ lร m chแปงโ€ (WICR).

๐Ÿ“Œ ฤฦกn vแป‹ tฦฐ vแบฅn sแบฝ hแป— trแปฃ EMWF thแปฑc hiแป‡n quy trรฌnh ฤ‘แบฅu thแบงu mua sแบฏm thiแบฟt bแป‹ (mรกy lแปc nฦฐแป›c, bแป“n chแปฉa nฦฐแป›c) theo Luแบญt ฤ‘แบฅu thแบงu vร  cรกc quy ฤ‘แป‹nh hiแป‡n hร nh.

๐Ÿ“… Hแบกn cuแป‘i nhแบญn hแป“ sฦก: 23/6/2026 (Hแบกn cuแป‘i nแป™p lแบงn 1 vร o ngร y 15/6/2026 trong ฤiแปu khoแบฃn tham chiแบฟu Tuyแปƒn Tฦฐ vแบฅn ฤ‘แบฅu thแบงu ngร y 03/6/2026)

๐Ÿ“„ ฤแปƒ biแบฟt thรชm thรดng tin chi tiแบฟt vแป phแบกm vi cรดng viแป‡c vร  cรกc tiรชu chuแบฉn kแปน thuแบญt, kรญnh mแปi quรฝ ฤ‘ฦกn vแป‹ quรฉt mรฃ QR trong แบฃnh kรจm bร i ฤ‘ฤƒng ฤ‘แปƒ tแบฃi vฤƒn bแบฃn ฤiแปu khoแบฃn tham chiแบฟu (TOR).

๐Ÿค ๐€ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐จ๐ฌ!On 22 May 2026, East Meets West Foundation of...
05/29/2026

๐Ÿค ๐€ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐จ๐ฌ!

On 22 May 2026, East Meets West Foundation officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (MPWT), ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ, to launch ๐๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž "๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐€๐’๐‡ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐จ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ."

The signing ceremony and meeting were honorably chaired by Mr. Ngampasong Muongmany, Vice Minister of MPWT, with active participation from senior leadership and technical teams across the ministry.

This partnership, made possible through the support of charity: water , Spellbrook Foundation , and Global Development Group marks the beginning of something meaningful bringing safe, reliable, and climate-Resilient water to communities that have waited long enough.

๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—,๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ people across 19 villages in Vientiane Province and Vientiane Capital will gain access to clean water. Covering ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ, ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง, ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ฆ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ:
โœ… Construction of 2 new piped water supply systems (Met and Pakngum Districts)
โœ… Extension of 2 distribution networks (Muen District and Muangkao Village Cluster, Viengkham District)
โœ… Capacity building for provincial and district Water Supply State Enterprises (Nampapa) and Village Water Committees
โœ… Hygiene education for 2,600+ students across 15 primary schools
โœ… Output-Based Aid (OBA) subsidies ensuring vulnerable households are not left behind.

Together with our government partners and private water operators, we're building systems that last not just infrastructure, but capacity, ownership, and resilience.

๐ŸฉธToday, on ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, we recognize the importance of ensuring that all women can manage menstruation safely,...
05/28/2026

๐ŸฉธToday, on ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, we recognize the importance of ensuring that all women can manage menstruation safely, confidently, and with dignity. This yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ,โ€ reminds us that collective action is essential to break stigma and promote inclusion.

๐Ÿ’ง Under the ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง-๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐–๐ˆ๐‚๐‘) ๐–๐€๐’๐‡ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, EMWF and local partners are integrating menstrual hygiene management training with gender equality and social inclusion activities in communities across Phu Tho and Thanh Hoa provinces.

๐Ÿค Supported by ๐‰๐“๐ˆ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐€๐’๐‡ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž (JTI Vietnam Careers), the project not only improves access to climate-resilient water and sanitation services, but also empowers communities with knowledge and skills to make informed decisions for healthier futures.

๐Ÿ“Implemented during 2025โ€“2026, the WICR project is expected to directly benefit 17,833 people through improved access to safe water and sanitation solutions adapted to local conditions and climate challenges.

๐ŸŒ Together, we can help break stigma, promote inclusion, and build communities where everyone has equal access to safe and sustainable WASH services. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that no one is left behind in accessing knowledge, dignity, and essential WASH services.

05/07/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐/๐„๐Œ๐–๐…!

We are pleased to share that our research article โ€œ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐šโ€ has been officially published and is now available as an Open Access resource on ScienceDirect.

๐Ÿ’ก More than 25% of the rural population relies on untreated water sources, while only 37% have access to safely managed sanitation. The study highlights how Climate-Resilient Water Safety Planning (CR-WSP) can strengthen system resilience, while also identifying key challenges such as limited technical capacity, gaps in climate data, and the need for stronger social inclusion.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2616651826000035

๐Ÿ™ Thank you to all partners and collaborators for making this publication possible!

๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐จ & ๐Š๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ฆOur project communities in Laos and Cambodia came together to celebrate the New Ye...
04/13/2026

๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐จ & ๐Š๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ฆ

Our project communities in Laos and Cambodia came together to celebrate the New Year with joy, laughter, and lots of water!

From playful splashes to shared traditions, these moments highlight the strong community spirit that drives our work every day.

๐Ÿ’ง Water is not only part of celebration, it is essential for health, dignity, and opportunity.

We are proud to continue working with communities across Laos and Cambodia to expand access to safe and sustainable water services.

๐Ÿ™ Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and refreshing New Year!

At the end of March 2026, we organized the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ for the ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ...
04/10/2026

At the end of March 2026, we organized the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ for the ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ in Xayabury and Vientiane Provinces, Lao PDR.

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐‡.๐„. ๐๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ, Vice Minister of Public Works and Transport, and ๐‡.๐„. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐š๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ, Vice Governor of Xayabury Province, joined government counterparts, private sector partners, and development partners for site visits and the ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

These systems were developed under ๐–๐Ž๐๐€ ๐๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐•, applying a ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ (๐๐๐) model combined with ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ข๐ (๐Ž๐๐€) financing to accelerate sustainable water service delivery.

๐Ÿ’ง Together, these systems now provide reliable, safe, and sustainable access to clean water for more than ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž.

This achievement highlights the effectiveness of blended finance approachesโ€”leveraging public, private, and donor resourcesโ€”to deliver scalable and climate-resilient WASH services in rural and peri-urban Lao PDR.

๐Ÿ‘ Strong collaboration among national and provincial governments, private operators, communities, and development partners remains essential to ensuring long-term sustainability.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to our generous donors and partners - charity: water, Spellbrook Foundation, and Global Development Group - for their continued support in making this achievement possible.

๐ŸŒ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’งFollowing her recent visit to Vietnam, Ms. Melinda Griffith, Chair of the Board of Dire...
03/30/2026

๐ŸŒ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’ง

Following her recent visit to Vietnam, Ms. Melinda Griffith, Chair of the Board of Directors of Thrive Networks/East Meets West Foundation (EMWF), continued her journey to Laosโ€”highlighting our ongoing efforts to expand sustainable and inclusive water access across the region.

๐Ÿšฐ During the visit, Melinda returned to several project sites she had previously followed, where water systems are now fully operationalโ€”collectively providing clean water to thousands of people each day. She also met with local operators and communities, and visited the EMWF Laos office, gaining deeper insights into system performance, long-term sustainability, and the positive impact on peopleโ€™s daily lives.

๐ŸคThese moments reaffirm that sustainable impact comes not only from infrastructure, but from strong local partnerships, community ownership, and long-term commitment.

๐Ÿ’ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŒ On the occasion of ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, weโ€™re pleased to share moments from the ...
03/22/2026

๐Ÿ’ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ’ง

๐ŸŒ On the occasion of ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, weโ€™re pleased to share moments from the recent visit of Ms. Melinda Griffith, Chair of the Board of Director of Thrive Networks/East Meets West (EMW), to Vietnam. Her trip focused on advancing our clean water initiatives and strengthening our commitment to gender equity in WASH.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆThis yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“,โ€ reminds us that ensuring equal access to safe waterโ€”and amplifying womenโ€™s voices in water managementโ€”is key to building ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ‘‰A local media outlet has also covered the activities here:
https://truyenhinhthanhhoa.vn/pho-chu-tich-ubnd-tinh-cao-van-cuong-tiep-xa-giao-doan-cong-tac-cua-to-chuc-dong-tay-hoi-ngo-180260319214339654.htm

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